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Mastering Linux Device Driver Development

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Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789342048

Length 646 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Author (1):

John Madieu

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1:Kernel Core Frameworks for Embedded Device Driver Development

2. Chapter 1: Linux Kernel Concepts for Embedded Developers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Leveraging the Regmap API and Simplifying the Code

4. Chapter 3: Delving into the MFD Subsystem and Syscon API

5. Chapter 4: Storming the Common Clock Framework

6. Section 2: Multimedia and Power Saving in Embedded Linux Systems

7. Chapter 5: ALSA SoC Framework – Leveraging Codec and Platform Class Drivers

8. Chapter 6: ALSA SoC Framework – Delving into the Machine Class Drivers

9. Chapter 7: Demystifying V4L2 and Video Capture Device Drivers

10. Chapter 8: Integrating with V4L2 Async and Media Controller Frameworks

11. Chapter 9:Leveraging the V4L2 API from the User Space

12. Chapter 10: Linux Kernel Power Management

13. Section 3: Staying Up to Date with Other Linux Kernel Subsystems

14. Chapter 11: Writing PCI Device Drivers

15. Chapter 12: Leveraging the NVMEM Framework

16. Chapter 13: Watchdog Device Drivers

17. Chapter 14: Linux Kernel Debugging Tips and Best Practices

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Authors (1)

John Madieu

John Madieu

John Madieu is an embedded Linux and kernel engineer living in Paris, France. His main activities consist of developing device drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs) for companies in domains such as IoT, automation, transport, healthcare, energy, and the military. John is the founder and chief consultant at LABCSMART, a company that provides training and services for embedded Linux and Linux kernel engineering. He is an open source and embedded systems enthusiast, convinced that it is only by sharing knowledge that we can learn more. He is passionate about boxing, which he practiced for 6 years professionally, and continues to channel this passion through training sessions that he provides voluntarily.

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